WVU Extension Service Bird Publications

The wildlife section of the West Virginia University Extension Service has a number of excellent publications on the birds of the States available online. Most of these documents are available as PDF files, and a few are quite large, so download times may be lengthy.

Beauty in your backyard: attracting and feeding summer birds, by Norma Venable (August 2000)

Birds benefit from feeding, by Bill Grafton (November 2004)

Birds of prey, by Norma Jean Venable

Butterflies and birds, by Tom McCutcheon (2 pp.)

Butterflies and birds: leader’s guide, by Tom McCutcheon (2 pp.)

Guide to common birds of West Virginia, by Norma Jean Venable (1989)

Night birds: owls, by Norma Jean Venagle (June 1985)

So you want Bobwhite Quail?, by William N. Grafton (August 2000)

Summer birds: habitat needs of neotropical migrants, by Norma Venable (1999)

Those “humdinger” hummingbirds: attracting Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, by Norma Venable (March 2000)

West Virginia hawks, by Norma Jean Venable and Kathleen Carothers Leo (1987)

Your winter birds: who they are and what to feed them, by Norma Venable (May 2000)